As an actual Native American, I can tell you that one of my first actions after arriving to college was to change my advisor away from the assigned 'Indigenous-

As an actual Native American, I can tell you that one of my first actions after arriving to college was to change my advisor away from the assigned 'Indigenous-focused' advisor to one that was in my major. I'm sure the Indig advisor was nice and well-meaning but I had things to do and an advisor from my major knew how to get me there.